The Whitbread Trophy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1560A
Date Released
30 Apr 1959
Date submitted
27 Apr 1959
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Whitbread Trophy. DESCRIPTION: The first Spring meeting of the year at Sandown Park, and the Whitbread Gold Trophy ready to be won. There is a field of twenty-three ‘chasers with three miles, five furlongs to go. It was won by Done Up, strongly ridden by Sprague. A great moment for his owner, Mr Baillie, the winner of that Gold Cup! SHOTLIST: Stock card key. GV stand. Crowds CU gold cup. GV paddock - horses being led. MS horses being led (2). MS tic-tack men. Closer same. Another (3). GV pan start. LS field over 1st jump. LS horses take jump. High angle pan race. LS horses take jump. Another same. LS horses take last jump. Another same. LS horses take last fence. High angle pan LS to closer ‘Done Up’ beats ‘Mandarin’. MS winning horse being led in. MS policeman takes away Gold Cup.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Economics; Business and commerce; Police
Locations
England
Card file number
77048
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Len Waldorf
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
137
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Whitbread Trophy', British Movietone News Issue No. 1560A, 30 Apr 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22990 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)